Mary Alice Harriman (March 12, 1861 – December 24, 1925) was a poet, author (of poetry,

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) and publisher. She was called the "only woman publisher in the world" in the 1911 ''Who's Who in the Northwest''. She published books in Seattle between 1907 and 1910, and in New York after that, closing her publishing business in 1913. She wrote ''A Man of Two Countries'', ''Chaperoning Adrienne; a tale of the Yellowstone national park'' (illustrated by

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) and ''Will Thou Not Sing''.

Marriage mystery

The only year in which she used the name ''Harriman-Browne'' was in 1907 in her books, including the book about ''Chaperoning Adrienne''. The next year, she started a publishing company, using only her maiden name, ''Harriman''. In Seattle, on May 2, 1907, she married Seneca F. Browne. She gave different marital statuses when asked to list whether married. Alice was listed as single in the 1870 census (she was 9) and the 1880 census (she was 19). Most of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire. In the 1900 census and 1910 census, she is listed as divorced. In the 1920 census, as well as the Who's Who guides of 1911 and 1914, she is listed as widowed. Finally, on the Biographical Index Cards, 1781–1990, Sacramento, California: California State Library she is listed as widowed.

Death

Harriman died in Hollywood, California, where she lived.

Publishing

Harriman began publishing books in 1907 in Seattle. She continued there until 1910, moving her business to 542 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Her company was the "Alice Harriman Company, publishers of fine books".

Causes

Harriman was interested in Native American issues, and friend to

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, of the Photo Secessionist Movement. One Native-American-themed book she published was ''The Brand'' by Therese Broderick. This girl's adventure book influenced a young

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girl living in rural Idaho to become one of the first female Native American writers. That girl,

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, wrote ''Cogewea''.

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* ''Reminiscences of Seattle: Washington Territory and the U. S. Sloop-of-War Decatur During the Indian War of 1855-56'' by

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, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''Pioneer Days on Puget Sound'' by Arthur Armstrong Denny, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''Lyrics of Fir and Foam''

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, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''Chronicle of Oldfields'' by Thomas Newton Allen, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''Love Never Faileth'' by J. D. O. Powers, 1909 * ''The Road of Life, and other poems'' by Marion Couthouy Smith, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''The Brand, a tale of the Flathead reservation'' by Therese Broderick, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle 190
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, Pathfinder and Patriot'' by Myron Eells, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 190
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* ''Songs o' the Olympics'' by Alice Harriman, illustrated by B. C. Bubb, 1909 * '' Browning; Biographical notes, appreciations, and selections from his "Fifty Men and Women" by Pauline Leavens, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 191
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* ''The Diamond Spider and Other Stories'' by Elinor Brotherton Butler, illustrated by C.M. Dowling, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 1910 * ''A Man of Two Countries'' by Alice Harriman, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 191
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* ''An

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Princess'' by George Fenwick, illustrated by Max W. Kollm, pub. The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 191
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* ''Trails Through Western Woods'' by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 191
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* ''The Flame'' by Louise E Taber, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 191
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* ''The Stairway on the Wall'' by Augusta Prescott, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 191
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* '' The Temptation of St. Anthony'' by

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, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 191
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* ''Wilt Thou Not Sing? A Book of Verses'' by Alice Harriman, The Alice Harriman Company, New York 191
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* ''Yermah the Dorado'' by

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* ''Don Diego'' by Albert B. Reagan, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 191
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Works by her

*''Congress of American Aborigines at the Omaha Exposition'' in

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, San Francisco, June 1899, pages 505-512, Mary Alice Harrima
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*''Pacific History Stories, Montana Edition'' by Alice Harriman, The Whitaker and Ray Company, San Francisco, 1903
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*''Songs o' the Sound'' by Alice Harriman with illustrations by

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, The Stuff Printing Concern, Seattle, 1906
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*''Tillicum Tales: Seattle Writers Club''; story inside ''Old Bill's Awkward Squad'' by Alice Harriman-Browne, Lowman & Hanford, Seattle, 1907
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*''Chaperoning Adrienne: A Tale of the Yellowstone National Park'' by Alice Harriman-Browne, Metropolitan Press, Seattle, 1907
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*''The Lightning Bug'', by Alice Harriman and J M S Lane, The Metropolitan Press, Seattle, c1907 *''Lemon Juice'', formerly published as ''Lightning Bug'', c1908 *''Songs o' the Olympics'' by Alice Harriman, Alice Harriman Co., Seattle, 1909. *''Redcoat and Redskin'' *''A Man of Two Countries; chapter headings by C.M. Dowling'', 1910
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*''Wilt Thou Not Sing? A Book Of Verses'', 191
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*''Bells and Their Overtones'', 1918. *''The bells of El Camino Real'', 1925

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